Agency Forms Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Clearance

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

Agency Forms Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for

Clearance

Each Friday the Public Health Service (PHS) publishes a list of

information collection requests it has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The following requests

have been submitted to OMB since the list was last published on Friday,

October 14, 1994.

(Call PHS Reports Clearance Officer on 202-690-7100 for copies

of request).

1. National AIDS Hotline Survey of Callers--0920-0295 (Revision)--

The hotline is intended to serve populations at increased risk of

infection as well as geographical areas in which other sources of

information are not readily available, e.g., rural communities. The

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is requesting clearance to gather

information in order to manage the hotline more effectively and assess

the impact of selected CDC public information programs. Respondents:

Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 24,440; Number of

Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden per Response: .022 hour;

Estimated Annual Burden: 542 hours.

2. Integrated Evaluation of Public and Private Sector Disease

Reporting and Service Delivery--New--A survey methodology has been

developed to collect information on cases of sexually transmitted

disease seen by physicians and nursing professionals working both

independently or in public and private institutions. This methodology

will be used to estimate the actual number of syphilis and gonorrhea

cases occurring over a one-year period. These numbers will be compared

to the actual number of cases reported to the Centers for Disease

Control surveillance system by State Departments of Health.

Respondents: Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 1,000;

Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden per Response:

.882 hours; Estimated Annual Burden: 882 hours.

3. Reporting and Recordkeeping for Electronic Products-Specific

Product Requirements--0910-0213--The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

has responsibility to protect the public from unnecessary exposure to

radiation from electronic products. Information from manufacturers and

assemblers about their products is provided to FDA and users to make

adequate safety decisions.

Note: See 0910-0025 for changes affecting number of records with

five-year retention.

Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, Small businesses or

organizations.

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Number of Average burden

Title Number of responses per per response

respondents respondent (hours)

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Reporting: 21 CFR 1020,

30, 40, & 50

Performance Standards

for Specific Electronic

Products............... 3,602 6.38 10.89

Recordkeeping: CFR 1020,

30, 40, & 50

Performance Standards

for Specific Electronic

Products............... 105 1 0.90

Estimated Total

Annual Burden:

39,313 hours

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4. Evaluation of Business--Related AIDS Information and Education

Program (BRTA)--New--The purpose of collecting this data is to track

the spread and success of the Business Responds to AIDS (BRTA) program

and to identify factors influencing the decision of businesses to adopt

the various components of the program. This information will ultimately

allow the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to adjust BRTA services and

materials to make them more accessible and useful to businesses.

Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, Small businesses or

organizations; Number of Respondents: 2,250; Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.097; Average Burden per Response: 0.135 hour; Estimated

Annual Burden: 335 hours.

5. Surveys of K ey Informants in Intervention and Comparison

Communities for the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation

(COMMIT)--New--The National Cancer Institute (NCI) conducted the

Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT). This

large-scale trial tested community-based strategies to produce long-

term cessation among smokers, particularly heavy smokers. Clearance is

now being requested for the surveys of key informants in the

intervention and comparison communities as follow-up to the trial.

Respondents: Individuals or households, State or local governments,

Businesses or other for-profit, Non-profit institutions, Small

businesses or organizations: Number of Respondents: 413; Number of

Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden per Response: 0.506 hours;

Estimated Annual burden: 209 hours.

Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collections should be sent within 30 days of this notice

directly to the OMB Desk Officer designated below at the following

address:

Shannah Koss,

Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room

3002, Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: October 17, 1994.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of Health Planning and

Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 94-26162 Filed 10-20-94; 8:45 am]

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